I picked up a bunch of cheap teal from academy sports on sale. I want to make them in to coots. Not really the same size as a coot but i dont think it really matters. Also, not that it matters but i want to think of a way to transform the teals bill to a beak. Such as you would see on a coot. I dont think such detail is neccassary but i want to try it for my own satisfaction. Have read about people changing bills to beaks but it never explains how. Then common sense, ill spray em black with white beaks ( if i can figure it out ) then clear cot them. If you have done this before, or have an idea let me know please . Thank you

I am like you I enjoy messing with my decoys and they have to be as perfect as I can get them. I made some hooded mergansers out of Woodduck decoys i use a two part epoxy puttythey sell at my local Home Depot I used it to enlarge the crest on the decoy and I cut the bill off and used a hardwood dowel down the hole to give it support for the hoody bill this stuff is rock hard and permanent in only 5min so you have to work fast but otherwise it's like playing with play dough. I Have used it to do the hoodies and I have made herters blue bills into surf scoters and it has lasted for several seasons so far without any problems and holds paint well without any problems . Speaking of play dough when I was doing the blue bill to scoter transformation I practiced with my kids playdough to get the "look" I wanted before I did it for real with epoxy

Thank you loon, that was the response i was looking for. Heres some bufflies i did out of the academy teal. Im going to try the epoxy for coots, i painted one with no bill to beak transformation and it just doesnt look right. Thanks for the response

I painted a bunch of coots from flambeau mallards. They have great big white beaks. It didn't seem to flare ducks this past season. I asked on DHC and everyone said not to worry. I wanted to copy exactly what I was seeing on the refuge I hunt. So I made a raft of coots and stuck some divers all around them. Worked amazingly on divers.

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